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Record 16700

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Dear Miss Mitford, I rejoice in finding an occasion to address you, that I may express the very great pleasure both my husband and myself have always derived from your writing. We know your "village" and all its crofts, and lanes and people, and we wish we had the happiness of peronally knowing you.'
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Until: 27 Feb 1834
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Mary Howitt
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 12 Mar 1799
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Author
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mary Russell Mitford
Title: Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 16700  
Source - Print  
  Author: A.G. L'Estrange
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1882
  Vol: 1
  Page: 254
  Additional comments: Letter from Mary Howitt to Miss Mitford, Nottingham, February 27 [1834]

Citation: A.G. L'Estrange, The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford (London, 1882), 1, p. 254, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16700, accessed: 25 April 2024

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